by Steven Chan 7 December 2008 About five years after the Episcopal Church ordained its first homosexual bishop, the Anglican denomination is heading towards a split as their conservative members declared their intention to form their own group. This would formalise the division within the Anglican Communion, reportedly the world’s third-largest Christian body with membership […]
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by Steven Chan 30 November 2008 In Acts 1:11, the Bible records that the angels spoke thus to the apostles: “Men of Galilee, why do you stand gazing up into heaven? This same Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will so come in like manner as you saw Him go into heaven.” […]
by Alexander Campbell 23 November 2008 NOTHING is more talked about amongst professors, and nothing is less practised, or indeed less understood, in proportion to its acknowledged importance, than the reading of the Scriptures. The Bible is, upon the whole and in general, in churches, families, and closets, a neglected book. It is, indeed, occasionally […]
by Steven Chan 16 November 2008 The basis of our faith that Jesus is the Christ is the Son of God is premised on the miracles that He performed which are recorded in the Bible (John 20:30, 31) and we know that the testimony of the Scriptures are true because it is an inspired record […]
by Steven Chan 9 November 2008 As a result of the financial panic enveloping the financial markets of the developed economies, the Governments in many countries decided to allay the concern of the public as to whether their deposits in the banks are safe by providing the guarantee of the Government for all these deposits […]
by Steven Chan 2 November 2008 In Gen 4:6-7, ‘the LORD said to Cain, “Why are you angry? And why has your countenance fallen? If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin lies at the door. And its desire is for you, but you should rule […]
by Sean Lim 26 October 2008 Sleep is an integral part of our lives. We need sleep. Sleep is necessary. It is a way of resting our bodies after a long day’s work. Different people require different amount of sleep. Babies usually sleep longer, while older people require less sleep. The Bible also talks about […]
by Steven Chan 19 October 2008 A Hong Kong newspaper reported on 12 Oct 2008, the account of a retired security guard who never gambled on the horses or the lottery and would normally declined when his banks tried to sell him investment products – of how he may have lost the two million Hong […]
by Steven Chan 12 October 2008 When the early church began in Acts 2, about 3,000 souls were baptized (Acts 2:41) and then the number grew to 5,000 in Acts 4:4. According to Acts 5:14: “believers were increasingly added to the Lord, multitudes of both men and women”; and the growth were due to the […]
by Steven Chan 28 September 2008 If you are in tune with the rapidly unfolding events in the financial markets for the past 12 months, especially in the USA, you would have noted with horror the financial carnage on Wall Street that is threatening to spill over to Main Street (where the man on the […]